Adapting Active Learning Strategies in Your Courses part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Morning Workshops:Adapting Active Learning Strategies in Your Courses
Research in STEM disciplines has revealed that empirically validated instructional practices that can contribute to improvements in student learning and a reduction in attrition. We will outline a series of ...

Innovative Tools for Project Management in Academia part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Morning Workshops:Innovative Tools for Project Management in Academia
Join our three-day workshop at Earth Educators' Rendezvous 2024, led by Senior Project Manager Deborah Coyle. Designed for early career faculty and post-doctoral researchers, this course emphasizes proven ...

Using Online Quizzes to Promote Effective Student Learning Strategies part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Morning Workshops:Using Online Quizzes to Promote Effective Student Learning Strategies
Instructors can intentionally structure their courses to incorporate online quizzes designed to promote two proven learning strategies: distributed learning and practice testing. This workshop will introduce you to ...

Teaching atmosphere, ocean, and planetary fluid dynamic fundamentals vividly with rotating tanks part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2022:Program:Morning Workshops:Teaching atmosphere, ocean, and planetary fluid dynamic fundamentals vividly with rotating tanks
Participants will each receive a hands-on, do-it-yourself rotating fluid dynamics kit (https://diynamics.github.io). The workshop will convey how to build and modify this kit; how to use it to teach fundamental concepts on ocean, atmosphere and climate processes; and discuss how best to adapt these kits to the needs of different learning environments.

Improving the Sustainability of Data-rich Activities through the Community Contribution Tool part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Morning Workshops:Improving the Sustainability of Data-rich Activities through the Community Contribution Tool
Some curriculum materials have datasets and related resources that can become out-of-date or unavailable. To address this issue, this workshop will introduce the Community Contribution Tool (CCT), which facilitates ...

Teaching with Investigation and Design in the Undergrad Science Classroom part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Morning Workshops:Teaching with Investigation and Design in the Undergrad Science Classroom
Are you ready to rethink your introductory Earth or physical science course to focus on actively engaging students in investigations and productive discussions? Would you like your course to promote equitable ...

Art and Field Sketching part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2020:Program:Morning Workshops:Art and Field Sketching
A deployable module to increase students' drawing and sketching abilities. Drawing is a vital mode of communication in the geosciences. As educators, we use it to communicate concepts and processes to our ...

Connect with Students by Leveraging Phenomena and Incorporating Modeling into the K-12 Earth Science Classroom part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Morning Workshops:Leveraging Phenomena and Incorporating Modeling into the K-12 Earth Science Classroom
For ALL Earth Science teachers! Participants will learn to leverage scientific phenomena and align them to appropriate standards (NGSS with connections to TN science standards and others) We will use anchoring ...

Science Communication part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2020:Program:Morning Workshops:Science Communication
Updated for the online workshop format. Participants in this workshop will work to improve their science communication skills through interactive activities that can in turn be incorporated into geoscience ...

Webinar: Hands-on Learning About the Atmosphere in the New NGSS-Aligned GLOBE Weather part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Implementing the NGSS:Webinar: Hands-on Learning About the Atmosphere
This webinar will provide an opportunity to review the scope of the curriculum, sample hands-on activities and data collection protocols, and engage in a discussion about implementation strategies.